Generative AI language models like OpenAI’s GPT-2 produce impressively coherent and grammatical text, but controlling the attributes of this text — such as the topic or sentiment — requires architecture modification or tailoring to specific data. That’s why a team of scientists at Uber, Caltech, and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology devised what they call the Plug and Play…
Waymo One launches on iOS, passes 1,500 monthly active riders
December 5, 2019
Exactly one year ago, Waymo, the self-driving vehicle venture of Google parent company Alphabet, launched Waymo One, which it characterized at the time as the world’s first commercial autonomous taxi service. Waymo One enabled select customers — initially only those who…
Call of Duty Endowment and U.S. Army create Code Bowl esports event for armed forces
December 5, 2019
The Call of Duty Endowment and the U.S. Army Esports are announcing the first-ever Code Bowl event on December 13.
The event will feature eight teams, each captained by a popular streamer playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare along with members of the U.S. Army Esports…
Save up to $200 on a Surface Pro 7 or Surface Laptop 3 at Amazon
December 5, 2019
If you missed the chance to pick up a discounted laptop or 2-in-1 during Black Friday, you now have another chance to do so. Amazon continues to offer steep price cuts on Microsoft’s Surface Pro 7 and Surface Laptop 3, matching or exceeding its all-time low prices for both models.
Surface Pro 7
You can buy the base model Surface Pro 7 — with 8GB of RAM, 128GB of internal storage and…
As cellphones got smarter, they also became marginally more dangerous to the clumsy, easily distracted humans holding them, according to new research. Before phones came loaded with perilous pings from Twitter, read receipts, or news alerts, the researchers found, they posed…
Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out today with a new investor note focused on Apple’s iPhone lineup for 2020 and 2021. Kuo says there will be four new OLED iPhone models in 2020, followed by a new iPhone without a Lightning port in 2021.
2020…
How Saber Interactive crammed the Witcher 3 onto Switch
December 5, 2019
Getting The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to work on Nintendo Switch was a major undertaking. But it’s a challenge that Saber Interactive chief executive officer Matthew Karch was confident his team could overcome. After all, this is the same team that upgraded The Wither 3 into 4K for PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X. And Saber had also released a number of games on Switch. Using its familiarity with…
Nokia launches Smart TV in India
December 5, 2019
Nokia has launched its first smart TV in the Indian market with e-commerce platform Flipkart. The 55-inch model being launched today is the first of its kind, with more models coming in later.
The Nokia 55CAUHDN has a 55-inch display with 4K UHD resolution, 60Hz refresh…
GM and LG team up to build EV batteries in the US
December 5, 2019
In a call today with reporters, GM CEO Mary Barra announced that the company would be teaming up with LG Chem to supply battery cells for the automaker’s upcoming electric vehicles including EV trucks. Overall, the company is expecting to have 20 EVs for sale by…
If you watch a popular livestreamer on Twitch, YouTube, Mixer, or Facebook, it might seem like they are juggling a lot at once. They are often playing a game, talking to their audience, and managing a suite of tools that provide chat interactivity, overlays, and more. But the truth is that software is simplifying a lot of the broadcasting process, and StreamElements is one of the companies leading…
